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Great energy speech from the president at a nonpartisan event. Turned into a rambling, incoherent campaign speech. And after all this time, Trump still has no idea what is in the Constitution or emoluments clause.

It was extremely partisan, childish and was loaded with misinformation.

"...After pointing out the “fake news” media in the back of the venue and mentioning the crowd size, which he said was “a lot of people for 11 a.m....

“It’s like the Academy Awards during the day,” the president said while appraising the crowd full of laborers in yellow work vests—not as popular as “it used to be.”...“You know, the Academy Awards is on hard times now, you know that...."

"Don't worry about the rain, umbrellas work very well, especially when they're made in America."

“I love cranes. I love trucks of all types. Even when I was a little boy at 4 years old, my mother would say, ‘You love trucks.’ I do,” Trump said. “I always loved trucks. I still do..."

“I got sued on a thing called emoluments. Emoluments. You ever hear of the word? Nobody ever heard of it before,”... “And what it is, is presidential harassment because this thing is costing me a fortune......”now nobody looks at Obama getting $60 million for a book, that's OK, even though nobody in history ever got that much money for a book. Obama got $60 million -- think of it, $60 million for a book. Nobody looks -- nobody looks at any -- but with me, it's everything, emoluments..."

“Can you imagine if these people treated me fairly?” Trump said, motioning to the reporters.. “The election would be over. Have they ever called off an election before?” He added, that if the crowd really wanted to drive the news media crazy, they’d tweet “hashtag third term, hashtag fourth term.”

Yep, it was a mess according to our local Pittsburgh news. In addition to what has been noted in this thread, he FALSELY took credit for the facility he was visiting:

In an hour-long speech to more than 2,000 workers at the Shell plant, Trump took credit for "unleashing" American energy and making the plant possible. "It was the Trump administration that made it possible, no one else,” he said. “Without us, you would never have been able to do this."

The $6 billion plant was approved before Trump took office. The company started working on the plant as early as 2012. He also claimed that before his presidency, no one wanted to take advantage of natural gas, although the industry was booming before 2016. Really embarrassing, highly embellished and hyperbolic fabricated nonsensical statements, if you ask me. No matter which side one is on re the fracking and natural gas debate, all Western Pa folks, whether they be Trump supporters or non-supporters, know the timeline of this highly publicized project and the related issues and clearly understood his statements were big fat LIES!

P.S. We had a "darn good" protest as well in a small town near the site of his speech. Baby Trump blimp/balloon and all...

I wasn't embarrassed by Hillary. Certainly not in comparison with Trump. Hillary was vastly experienced compared to Trump, including her periods as Senator and Secretary of State. She was poised, not losing her temper with reporters, as Trump does. She was not known for a variety of tabloid-type sexual entanglements. She was not involved in thousands of lawsuits. She did not routinely insult people, including prominent people in foreign governments. She was not known for speaking of people in sexually disparaging terms. She did not continually speak in ways to undermine people's confidence in the rule of law. She did not have a catalogue of 10,000 verified lies. And unlike Trump dodging Mueller, Hillary testified multiple times about Benghazi.

So I would have been pretty happy with her.

Well we'll just have to disagree on Queen Hillary.

One of the worst people and politicians I've ever seen. An embarrassment. Thought she was entitled to the office of president, and didn't work for it. An establishment type, when we needed an outsider. I'm not entirely sold on Trump at this point, but he's miles better than she would have been.

Yep, it was a mess according to our local Pittsburgh news. In addition to what has been noted in this thread, he FALSELY took credit for the facility he was visiting:

In an hour-long speech to more than 2,000 workers at the Shell plant, Trump took credit for "unleashing" American energy and making the plant possible. "It was the Trump administration that made it possible, no one else,” he said. “Without us, you would never have been able to do this."

The $6 billion plant was approved before Trump took office. The company started working on the plant as early as 2012. He also claimed that before his presidency, no one wanted to take advantage of natural gas, although the industry was booming before 2016. Really embarrassing, highly embellished and hyperbolic fabricated nonsensical statements, if you ask me. No matter which side one is on re the fracking and natural gas debate, all Western Pa folks, whether they be Trump supporters or non-supporters, know the timeline of this highly publicized project and the related issues and clearly understood his statements were big fat LIES!

P.S. We had a "darn good" protest as well in a small town near the site of his speech. Baby Trump blimp/balloon and all...

Trump supporters would only say if Trump wants to wrongly take credit for creating great and wonderful things, why not let him without criticizing him for it? After all, he's the president of the United States.

And it was a taxpayer funded event. The Dear Leader. Responsible for everything good in America. Billions lost as he sacrificed his wealth for the benefit of the lowly worker ants. Flags fly against a clear blue sky and his devoted followers stand in awe.

And it was a taxpayer funded event. The Dear Leader. Responsible for everything good in America. Billions lost as he sacrificed his wealth for the benefit of the lowly worker ants. Flags fly against a clear blue sky and his devoted followers stand in awe.

You know. That wasn't even very good as a Trump insult. Try not to make it so "clever" next time.

Great energy speech from the president at a nonpartisan event. Turned into a rambling, incoherent campaign speech. And after all this time, Trump still has no idea what is in the Constitution or emoluments clause.

It was extremely partisan, childish and was loaded with misinformation.

"...After pointing out the “fake news” media in the back of the venue and mentioning the crowd size, which he said was “a lot of people for 11 a.m....

“It’s like the Academy Awards during the day,” the president said while appraising the crowd full of laborers in yellow work vests—not as popular as “it used to be.”...“You know, the Academy Awards is on hard times now, you know that...."

"Don't worry about the rain, umbrellas work very well, especially when they're made in America."

“I love cranes. I love trucks of all types. Even when I was a little boy at 4 years old, my mother would say, ‘You love trucks.’ I do,” Trump said. “I always loved trucks. I still do..."

“I got sued on a thing called emoluments. Emoluments. You ever hear of the word? Nobody ever heard of it before,”... “And what it is, is presidential harassment because this thing is costing me a fortune......”now nobody looks at Obama getting $60 million for a book, that's OK, even though nobody in history ever got that much money for a book. Obama got $60 million -- think of it, $60 million for a book. Nobody looks -- nobody looks at any -- but with me, it's everything, emoluments..."

“Can you imagine if these people treated me fairly?” Trump said, motioning to the reporters.. “The election would be over. Have they ever called off an election before?” He added, that if the crowd really wanted to drive the news media crazy, they’d tweet “hashtag third term, hashtag fourth term.”

Since when is going off-topic a bad thing?
President Trump is not talking on an internet messageboard.
He can go to whatever topic he wants to.
Its real life where people speak about whatever they want, especially the POTUS.
Also, speaking about the primary candidates is always on-topic during an election cycle.
Bizarre thread.

When one has a specific topic and especially when speaking to an audience associated with that topic, it's strange for any good speaker to go off topic. In this case, it would be an energy speech at a Shell petrochemical plant.

If he wanted to mention the other candidates in context with their views on different energy related topics, sure. That could work.

Otherwise, this would be like if you went to a college class about chemistry and instead the professor decides to go off on classic literature, what he ate for lunch, child psychology and just a bunch of non-chemistry topics.

I wasn't embarrassed by Hillary. Certainly not in comparison with Trump. Hillary was vastly experienced compared to Trump, including her periods as Senator and Secretary of State. She was poised, not losing her temper with reporters, as Trump does. She was not known for a variety of tabloid-type sexual entanglements. She was not involved in thousands of lawsuits. She did not routinely insult people, including prominent people in foreign governments. She was not known for speaking of people in sexually disparaging terms. She did not continually speak in ways to undermine people's confidence in the rule of law. She did not have a catalogue of 10,000 verified lies. And unlike Trump dodging Mueller, Hillary testified multiple times about Benghazi.

So I would have been pretty happy with her.

Such good points. Yet some refuse to see the reality of.

Those who have had, for mysterious reasons, such unwarranted hate and imagined or unfounded ideas for this more appropriate human, one who could (and should) have become president, are not playing with a full deck. I don't know what they've been fooled by, except some falsehoods created to have made her appear to be someone she is not. Sane and rational adults having paid attention for all these years know the reality of the situation.

When one has a specific topic and especially when speaking to an audience associated with that topic, it's strange for any good speaker to go off topic. In this case, it would be an energy speech at a Shell petrochemical plant.

If he wanted to mention the other candidates in context with their views on different energy related topics, sure. That could work.

Otherwise, this would be like if you went to a college class about chemistry and instead the professor decides to go off on classic literature, what he ate for lunch, child psychology and just a bunch of non-chemistry topics.

He can go on random tangents at his rallies and stuff.

Except its not a random tangent, because the primary candidates are always on-topic during an election cycle.
And Trump can change the topic whenever he wishes and wherever he wishes.
There are no rules when the President speaks.
In fact most or all public figures have the freedom to change topics.
If somebody in the audiences starts crying because the topic was changed, that's not Trump's fault.

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